Echium plantagineum
Paterson's Curse at Canberra Central, ACT
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| Echium plantagineum | waltraud | 24 May 2017 | |
| Echium plantagineum | MichaelMulvaney | 24 May 2017 | |
| Unverified | petersan | 24 May 2017 |
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2 comments
25 May 2017
The leaves do not look quite right for Echium plantagineum, which I know well at the rosette stage. I am not familiar enough with other weeds at the rosette stage to suggest anything else.
25 May 2017
Betty
I 'm afraid it is PC; nothing else in that area that i know of has this rosette, hairy oval - oblong leaves and distinct branched veins; plus I noticed since a number of years that PC leaves are eaten by some kind of insect which results in holes in the leaves (doesn't kill the plant unfortunately).
See image of rosettes for example: http://weeds.dpi.nsw.gov.au/WeedImages/Details/602?NoWeeds=6
I 'm afraid it is PC; nothing else in that area that i know of has this rosette, hairy oval - oblong leaves and distinct branched veins; plus I noticed since a number of years that PC leaves are eaten by some kind of insect which results in holes in the leaves (doesn't kill the plant unfortunately).
See image of rosettes for example: http://weeds.dpi.nsw.gov.au/WeedImages/Details/602?NoWeeds=6
Location information
- Coordinates 149.176869-35.252103
- Places Canberra Central, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 12 May 2017 10:30 AM Recorded on
- petersan Recorded by
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- petersan Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Echium plantagineum Other Wildflowers & Herbs Plants
Species information
- Echium plantagineum Scientific name
- Paterson's Curse Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Major weed or pest
- Up to 1664.5m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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